Thursday, January 14, 2016

Death of Irvin leaves 47 1952 Topps survivors

The passing on January 11 of Hall of Famer Monte Irvin leaves 47 players alive who appeared in the iconic 1952 Topps baseball card set.The eldest, as shown in the chart here (data taken from the website baseball-reference.com), are Wally Westlake and Eddie Robinson, who, as this is written, are 95 years old.The youngest living player to appear on a 1952 Topps card is Bobby Del Greco, who is 82.I began this chart with a posting on this blog on June 10, 2015, when there were 50 survivors. Between then and now, only players who appeared in the '52T set died, Billy Pierce on July 31 and Yogi Berra on Sept. 22.I'll attempt to keep this updated as the year 2016 progresses.

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I have been a baseball card (and other bubblegum cards) collector since the age of three. I am the former editor and publisher of the sportscards and memorabilia periodicals and books at Krause Publications (SCD, et al). I am the former editor of the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards.